Helping the liver to detoxify mycotoxins

<em>Photo: Henk Riswick</em>
Photo: Henk Riswick
Mycotoxin strategies have so far focused on binding compounds or detoxifying the compounds by feed additives. Animals however, can also detoxify mycotoxins themselves to a certain extent, mainly in the liver. Is it possible to help them? Mycotoxins are small, but very dangerous. Above a defined contamination threshold level, which differs based on the type of mycotoxin, animal species, age and production stage, these toxins have the potential to impair animal performance, expressing their toxi


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